NEXT eisteddfod IN WALES

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29101, 13 January 1960, Page 13

NEXT eisteddfod IN WALES

inks 195 J: Suggested Sending S Of Maori Choir cha

am) Two of the many visitors to Ironie last Eisteddfod held at Llananki alien, Wales, were Mr and Mrs The Moss, of 6 Morrison avenue, d at hristchurch. itfle Held in July last year the EisBaliddfod was attended by more mi» >an 150,000 people. The small wn where it was held has a omal population of only 3000. b. The choirs, which came from ffiPi 1 countries, performed in the m irgest marquee that Mr and Mrs am loss have ever seen. It seated rer 20,000 people. the Mr and Mrs Moss, who are both sibii bpris, are very interested in >son ®c, and have been connected 1-1 itarious ways with a number of onb i»ri choirs and concert parties :nR at have toured New Zealand gaud Au tralia. “It is our hope to be able to win ite a Maori choir to an eisteddfod * i the not too distant future,” said Tint r Moss. ‘‘lt will be a lot of Mork and it would be better if atod * could get some sort of official ih® Munition for the idea.” The officials of the eisteddfod 2vi iparently like the country conmed to send the choir rather ‘5" lan have choirs sponsored by P?* rivate persons. One point that struck the couple hile they were were in Wales as the fact that the principal nguage there is Welsh. “The 'elsh people are certainly stickig to their language,” said Mr loss. “I only wish that we ,u, >uld have Maori taught in the 'jj, tools here. om , ”1! we could take this choir nin. i Wales it would help to put ew Zealand on the map as far i the English go,” said Mr are loss.